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Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers
Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.
- by James Massola
$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Immigration
Murder accused released from immigration detention a month ago
- by Andrew Probyn and Bailey Kenzie
Australia to ban replicas of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion & Perspectives
Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers
Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.
James Massola
National affairs editor
Page 97 of the budget kept me awake at night, and is a stain on Morrison’s legacy
A $6.5 billion funding allocation is an indictment against the Coalition’s treatment of veterans, and the backstory to it enough to make your blood boil.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Why Labor’s budget is not enough to reverse its two-year slump
It is not unusual for governments to suffer a slump after two years in power – it happened to John Howard in 1998 and he recovered. But there are danger signs for Labor.
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Federal
$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO
The nation’s top science agency has found the cost of large scale nuclear plants backed by the federal Coalition cannot compete on price with renewables.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Best of cartoons, May 22, 2024
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
NSW
Last week, no one wanted to spend money on Leichhardt Oval. Suddenly, everyone does
- by Alexandra Smith, Michael McGowan and Adam Pengilly
Victoria
Opinion
Political leadership
Jacinta Allan is slowly marching Labor off a cliff of Daniel Andrews’ making
- by Annika Smethurst
Exclusive
Political leadership
Labor’s popularity plunges as voters demand government tackle debt
- by Annika Smethurst
Queensland
Exclusive
Queensland votes
Crisafulli’s LNP climbs higher against Miles’ Labor leadership
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Queensland votes
A Labor leader agreeing with Peter Dutton? It is election season
- by Matt Dennien